Linn County commissioners support grant funding to expand WesternU’s Lebanon campus, citing workforce growth, infrastructure needs, and regional demand for healthcare professionals.
Linn County, OR. — Linn County commissioners have formally endorsed a grant application to support expansion of Western University of Health Sciences’ medical school campus in Lebanon, backing a project aimed at strengthening the region’s healthcare workforce.
At their March 17 meeting, Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger, and Will Tucker signed a letter supporting WesternU’s request for funding through the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Connect Oregon program. The grant would help finance key transportation infrastructure needed for a planned 150-acre campus expansion.
WesternU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Northwest, which opened in 2011 near Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital, plans to develop new facilities on land donated by the Heatherington Foundation. The site lies east of the existing campus near Gil’s Landing and the South Santiam River…